This image is the cover for the book From the Mountain to the Waterfall

From the Mountain to the Waterfall

Come one, come all Lace up your boots It’s time for the hike Side by side Or single file, if you like Pack your bag With new& the old The familiar, yet unfamiliar Dress for the cold Off on the journey, sticks in the ground The guide leads the way No map to be found One foot in front of the other The sun up ahead The path unfamiliar Companions, friends, lovers Waiting to be led

Andrew Ridgway

Once upon a time Andrew Ridgway wanted to be a writer. More than twenty years after he accidentally became a nurse he published his first book of poetry, After the Applause, in 2022. In which, drained from the professional daily battle with Covid 19 he channelled his emotions into poetry. He also found time to make a podcast, ‘Behind the Rhymes’, with his partner Maja Trajkovska, which you can hear in the usual places you get your podcasts, if you know what a podcast is (even his mum knows now!). He is currently working on a third book of poetry.